List of AI-assisted software development tools

This is a list of AI-assisted software development tools which are tools used for AI-assisted software development, especially large language models and AI agents, to assist with software development tasks such as writing, editing, reviewing, testing, debugging, documenting, and understanding source code. ^{[1] [2]}

AI software development tools

Tool	Developer	License	IDE	IDE extension	Web application	Desktop application	Mobile application	CLI
Amp	Amp Frontier Corporation (originally Sourcegraph) [3]	Proprietary	No	No	?	No	?	Yes
Amazon Q Developer	Amazon Web Services [4]	Proprietary	No	Yes	?	No	?	Yes
Bob	IBM [5]	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes
ChatGPT	OpenAI [6]	Proprietary	No	No	Yes	Yes [7]	Yes [8]	No
Claude Code	Anthropic [9]	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes	Yes [10]	Yes [11] [12]	Yes
Cline	Cline [13]	Apache 2.0	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes
Codex	OpenAI [14]	Proprietary	No	Yes [15]	No	Yes	Yes [8] [12] [16]	No
Codex CLI	OpenAI [17]	Apache 2.0	No	No	No	No	Yes [11]	Yes
Cody	Sourcegraph [18]	Proprietary	No	Yes	?	No	?	Yes
Command Code	Command Code AI	Apache 2.0	No	No	No	Yes [19]	No	Yes [20]
Crush	Charm [21] [22]	Functional Source License / MIT	No	No	No	No	?	Yes
Cursor	Anysphere [23]	Proprietary	Native	No	Yes	Yes	Yes [24]	Yes
DeepSeek Harness	DeepSeek [25]	MIT	No	No	Yes	No	Yes [26]	Yes
Devin AI	Cognition AI [27]	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes
Gemini	Google [28]	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes	Yes [29]	Yes [30]	Yes
GitHub Copilot	GitHub and OpenAI [31]	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes [32]	Yes [33]
Google AI Studio	Google [34]	Proprietary	Online	No	Yes	No	No	No
Google Antigravity	Google [35]	Proprietary	Native	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
goose	Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) [36]	Apache 2.0	No	Yes [37]	No	Yes	Yes [38]	Yes
Grok	SpaceXAI [39]	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes [40]	No
Hermes Agent	Nous Research [41]	Open source	No	Yes [42]	?	No	Yes [43]	Yes
Kilo Code	Anaconda	MIT [44]	No	Yes	No	No	Yes [45] [46]	Yes
Kimi Code	Moonshot AI [47] [48]	MIT	No	?	No	Yes	Yes [26]	Yes
Maki	Tony Solomonik [49]	MIT	No	No	No	No	?	Yes
Muse Code	Meta [50]	Proprietary	No	No	No	No	?	Yes
OpenCode	Anomaly Innovations [51]	MIT	No	Yes	Yes [52]	Yes	Yes [53]	Yes
OpenHands	All Hands AI [54]	MIT	No	Yes [55]	Yes	No	?	Yes [56]
Pi	Earendil [57]	MIT	No	No	No	No	Yes [43]	Yes
Oh My Pi	Stencil Labs [58]	MIT	No	No	No	No	Yes [43]	Yes
Qodo	Qodo [59]	Proprietary	No	Yes	?	No	?	Yes
Tabnine	Tabnine [60]	Proprietary	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes [61]
toPrompt	The NineHertz [62]	Proprietary	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Warp	Warp	AGPL-3.0 (client), MIT (UI framework) [63]	No	No	Yes [64]	Yes [65]	No	Yes [66]
ZCode	Z.AI [67]	Apache 2.0	No	No	No	Yes [68]	Yes [26]	No
Zed Agent	Zed Industries [69]	GPLv3 [70]	Native	No	No	Yes	No	No
Tool	Developer	License	IDE	IDE extension	Web application	Desktop application	Mobile application	CLI

See also

• Agent harness
• AlphaDev – DeepMind AI system for discovering improved computer algorithms such as faster sorting algorithms and hashing
• AlphaEvolve – AI software agent for designing advanced algorithms
• List of chatbots
• List of LLMs
• List of open-source agentic AI agents
• List of integrated development environments
• Lists of programming software development tools
• LiteLLM — open-source LLM gateway
• OpenRouter — LLM gateway for accessing and routing requests to 400+ LLMs and other generative AI models
• Reverse Engineer Anything
• Software development tool
• Strix — open-source application security and penetration testing software using AI agents
• Theia AI — open-source framework for integrating LLMs into development tools and IDEs. ^[71]
• Vibe coding

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